2024 October 29

   Jeff Gaskin writes:    I saw a Painted Lady again at the north summit of Christmas Hill at approximately 2:20 p.m. today. It was still there at 2:30 p.m. when I left.  Two Cabbage Whites to report.  One was on Maddock Avenue near Qu’Appelle Street the Gorge area, and the other Cabbage White to report was seen by Kirsten Mills behind Hillside Centre.

Here are some pictures from Ian Cooper’s latest photo shoot in View Royal – October29.

Pacific Sideband Snail  Monadenia fidelis  (Pul.: Xanthonychidae)   Ian Cooper

   This snail has been placed in the past in the Family Bradybaenidae, or Monadeniidae, but these Family names are no longer used, and the snail is now placed in Xanthonychidae.   It also at one time bore the name Faithful Snail.

Robust Lancetooth Snail  Haplotrema vancouverense (Pul.: Haplotrematidae.)   Ian Cooper

Northwest Hesperian Vespericola columbianus (Pul.: Polygyridae)
 or Pygmy Oregonian Cryptomastix germana (Pul.: Polygyridae)
Ian Cooper

Flat-backed Millepede  Scytonotus sp. (Diplopoda:  Polydesmidae)   Ian Cooper

Elongate-bodied springtail Tomocerus sp. (Collembola – Tomoceridae)   Ian Cooper

Jumping bristletail Pedetontus (possibly saltator) (Microcoryphia:  Machilidae)   Ian Cooper